These unknown names are probably more numerous than the total of all those classes of names to which a meaning can be assigned.
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Totemistic clans.
The last class of exogamous divisions are those called totemistic, when the clan is named after a plant or animal or other natural object.

These are almost universal among the non-Aryan or primitive tribes, but occur also in most Hindu castes, including some of the highest.

The commonest totem names are those of the prominent animals, including several which are held sacred by the Hindus, as _bagh_ or _nahar_, the tiger; _bachas_, the calf; _morkuria_, the peacock; _kachhwaha_ or _limuan_, the tortoise; _nagas_, the cobra; _hasti_, the elephant; _bandar_, the monkey; _bhainsa_, the buffalo; _richharia_, the bear; _kuliha_, the jackal; _kukura_, the dog; _karsayal_, the deer; _heran_, the black-buck, and so on.

The utmost variety of names is found, and numerous trees, as well as rice, kodon and other crops, salt, sandalwood, cucumber, pepper, and some household implements, such as the pestle and rolling-slab, serve as names of clans.